LL82 Flashcards
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Name the sport that has been an official women-only Olympic sport since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, though its solo event was discontinued after 1992 and it is now only competed among duets and teams.
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ARTISTIC SWIMMING / SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
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The 1956 U.S. Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle upheld lower court rulings on the unconstitutionality of statutes regarding segregation on city buses. The case’s named defendant, W.A. Gayle, was mayor of what city?
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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
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Give the first name of either of the adopted sons of the fictional millionaire widower and president of Trans Allied, Inc., who resided at 900 Park Avenue in New York.
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WILLIS, ARNOLD
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The title of a series of articles written in 1971 by Don Hoefler, a correspondent for the trade newspaper Electronic News, is the source for what geographic name?
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SILICON VALLEY
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Pop stars Rita Ora, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, and Ava Max, all of whom are citizens of either Great Britain (the former two) or the United States (the latter two), each have parents who claim what ethnicity?
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ALBANIAN
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A version of the law of conservation of energy expressed as ΔU=Q-W, which states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant (a change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat added minus the work done), is commonly referred to as the first law of what?
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THERMODYNAMICS
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HD 114762 b, which is over 125 light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices and was discovered in 1989, is believed to be one of the first (if not the very first) celestial body of its type to be detected. Since then, over 4,000 more have been discovered, mostly via NASA’s Kepler space telescope. What is the common name for this type of celestial body?
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EXOPLANET / EXTRASOLAR PLANET
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One (in 1948-58), 57 (1954-58), 5-B (1989), and 60 (2006-07)—per titles of different television series, these are all numbers of what?
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STUDIOS
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What is the term, which translates to holding truth, that was coined by Mahatma Gandhi for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance?
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SATYAGRAHA
10
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A flirtatious young innocent from Schenectady who dies young in Rome of malaria and a wealthy young woman from Louisville who perpetrates a vehicular hit-and-run are two separate literary characters that go by what name?
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DAISY
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What American businessman co-founded, with Henry Wells and others, the company that would eventually form American Express? He later served as the Civil War-era Mayor of Buffalo (and namesake of a city 920 miles to the west).
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William FARGO
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What is the portmanteau term, allegedly coined in 2000 during a game of Carcassonne, for a human-shaped piece used in that game and others such as Agricola, Pillars of the Earth, and Stone Age?
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MEEPLE
13
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What word did Edward Lear coin in an 1870 poem to describe the spoon the Owl and the Pussycat used to dine on mince and slices of quince?
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RUNCIBLE
14
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All four songs by the band Air Supply to peak in the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 chart have included what word in their titles?
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LOVE
15
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CH2O2, which is the simplest organic compound with a carboxyl group (COOH) and is present in the stings of some bees, stinging nettles, and ants, is commonly known by what name?
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FORMIC ACID / METHANOIC ACID
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Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was assassinated two days before the attacks of September 11, 2001, was a military and political commander of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, an anti-Taliban association better known by what name?
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NORTHERN ALLIANCE
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What 1997 film, featuring the actors who starred in the TV series Kenan & Kel, was based on a recurring skit from the Nickelodeon variety show All That?
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GOOD BURGER
18
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Stipulating that Armenia is in Asia, there are currently two European countries that share a land border and also begin with the same letter (in English). What are those two countries?
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LATVIA, LITHUANIA
19
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The Horizon Festival, which has (thus far) been held in Colorado, Northern Italy/Southern France, Australia, and Scotland/Northern England, is a fictional music and street racing jamboree that appears in what racing video game series?
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FORZA
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Name the woman who assumed the role, on July 1, 2019, of White House Communications Director (the sixth person to serve in the role during the current administration) and also White House Press Secretary (the current administration’s third).
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Stephanie GRISHAM
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What is the sobriquet commonly assigned to King Ethelred of England, whose reign began in 978? The epithet is actually a mistranslation of a word meaning ill-advised, though arguably it fits, considering he was placed on the throne as a pre-teen.
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UNREADY
22
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The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is located, appropriately, in the capital city of what U.S. state? (Note, name the state.)
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NEW MEXICO
23
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The oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach includes over 200 works of a type of composition known as what? A multi-movement work predominantly for voices with instrumental accompaniment, it is usually shorter than an oratorio.
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CANTATA
24
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What 2002 Broadway musical is based on a film from 1988 and centers around a fictional local teenage dance show in Baltimore from 1962?
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HAIRSPRAY
25
A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future, published in 1991, was written by what former Encyclopedia Britannica editor, NBC Today show correspondent, Columbia University English instructor, and U.S. Congress subcommittee confessor?
Charles VAN DOREN
26
Swedish-born Ingvar Kamprad, who was raised on a farm named Elmtaryd near Agunnaryd and who passed away in 2018 at age 91, is best remembered today for founding what?
IKEA
27
What is the most common English name for the body of water that is known as Chosŏn Tonghae (Korean East Sea) in North Korea and Donghae (East Sea) in South Korea?
SEA OF JAPAN
28
According to the lyrics of a popular rock song released in 1995, despite all of his rage, Billy Corgan was still just a what?
RAT (IN A CAGE)
29
The siemens, the SI derived unit of electric conductance and admittance (the reciprocal of resistance in ohms), is also known by what three-letter semordnilap?
MHO
30
The sweet treat lokum, a gel of starch and sugar flavored with nuts and fruit invented (according to legend) in the 18th century by Ottoman confectioner Haci Bekir, is best known in the West (and in Western fantasy literature) by what other name?
TURKISH DELIGHT
31
The graph of a quadratic function has a shape that is most frequently referred to by what mathematical term?
PARABOLA
32
The Fars Province is the fifth-largest and fourth-most populous of the thirty-one provinces of what country?
IRAN
33
O my Luve's like a ________ / That's newly sprung in June; / O my Luve's like the melodie / That's sweetly play'd in tune. What three-word phrase fills in the blank?
RED RED ROSE
34
Cattle, sheep, and goats are among the ungulates that have a four-compartment stomach. Give the common name of any one of these four compartments.
ABOMASUM, OMASUM, RETICULUM, RUMEN
35
Harris K. Telemacher, Phil Connors, Brick Tamland, and—per the title of a 2005 film—David Spritz are all film characters who held what occupation?
WEATHERMAN / METEOROLOGIST
36
What was the repetitive two-word phrase used by colonial authorities for the anti-colonial and anti-settler uprising among the Kikuyu and other native groups in Kenya in the early 1950s?
MAN MAU
37
The second-largest lake in all of Latin America, after Lake Titicaca, is known locally as Cocibolca and shares a common name with the country in which it is located. What is that country?
NICARAGUA
38
Identify the 1st-century BCE Roman engineer, author of an influential treatise on architecture, who was celebrated in a famous and enduring drawing from the late 15th century.
VITRUVIUS
39
What well-known method for teaching violin to young children is named after its founder, who wowed Japanese audiences in the mid-20th century with his extremely young but proficient string orchestras?
SUZUKI method
40
The ice cream cone, Dr Pepper, puffed wheat cereal, the hamburger, the hot dog, peanut butter, iced tea, the club sandwich, and cotton candy are all (with varying degrees of credibility) believed to have been first popularized at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, a major event held in 1904 in what city?
ST. LOUIS
41
What is the term used for the coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mainly of quartz (between 10%—60%) and alkaline feldspar (at least 35%)? It's commonly encountered in everyday life and likely the most abundant igneous rock found on the earth's surface.
GRANITE
42
A central plank of the campaign of Andrew Yang, running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president, is his proposed Freedom Dividend, to address the country's growing wealth inequality and job instability. The Freedom Dividend is an example of a social program known as UBI. What do the letters in UBI stand for?
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME
43
What film became, in August 2019, the highest-grossing film domestically of all time with an MPAA rating of G?
TOY STORY 4
44
The rules of a game known alternately as In Between, Acey Ducey, or Between the Sheets provide the fundamental basis—with the addition of Family Feud-style toss-up questions—for what game show?
CARD SHARKS
45
1996's Reasonable Doubt was the debut studio album by what rap artist, as well as the debut release by the artist's independent Roc-A-Fella Records imprint?
JAY-Z (SHAWN CARTER)
46
The process of forcing milk through tiny holes, breaking the milkfat into tiny globules, in order to prevent the cream from rising to the top, is known as what?
HOMEGENIZATION
47
A UK £2 coin having an edge inscribed with the phrase A Spark of Being was issued last year in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of what novel?
FRANKENSTEIN
48
Harriet Powers, a folk artist born into slavery in rural Georgia, is acclaimed today for using traditional appliqué techniques to record Biblical tales, local legends, and celestial events in her works. What type of work were her pieces? The term in question fills in the blanks in the following, her two works (from 1886 and 1898) that are still extant: Bible _____, Pictorial _____.
QUILT
49
What New York Yankees catcher holds the record for having played in the most World Series (and thus also, perhaps, experiencing the most déjà vu all over again in the World Series), with fourteen?
YOGI BERRA
50
A new branch of chemistry known as electrochemistry was facilitated by Alessandro Volta's 1800 invention of the voltaic pile, which is today better known as a what?
(ELECTRIC) BATTERY
51
Anzac Cove (Anzak Koyu) is the current name of the site where Allied forces landed, in 1915, in a campaign against the Turks on what peninsula?
GALLIPOLI
52
The children's magazine published since 1967 by the National Wildlife Federation has what name, after the raccoon character who works to preserve the environment in the magazine's stories with his friends Boomer Badger and Scarlett Fox?
RANGER RICK
53
German composer Paul Hindemith's comic opera Neues vom Tage caused controversy in 1929 for a scene that featured what everyday household item, which remains relatively rare in opera (but not in singing as a whole, defined broadly)?
BATHTUB / SHOWER
54
While the wording of the declaration is attributed mostly to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, the Doctrine that asserted the American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers is most associated with, and named after, what other man?
James MONROE
55
The world's largest national park, and largest officially protected area that is predominantly land, takes up 45% of the island it is on and is larger than all but 30 countries of the world. Established in 1974, the park is one of six under the domain of what country?
DENMARK
56
Around the time Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor was developing a monolithic integrated circuit, electrical engineer Jack Kilby developed a hybrid integrated circuit (and patented miniaturized electronic circuits ) in 1959 while employed by what Dallas-based technology firm?
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
57
A stock trade order, typically used for a large quantity, which is to be withdrawn if not executed immediately and completely, is commonly known by what rhyming phrase?
FILL OR KILL / FILL IT OR KILL IT
58
Teenaged identical twins Tamera and Tia Mowry played teenaged identical twins Tamera Campbell and Tia Landry on what sitcom that aired from 1994 to 1999 (first on ABC, and later on The WB)?
SISTER, SISTER
59
In 1968 and 1969, two now-legendary country music live albums were released, by the same artist, with titles preceded by the artist's name and starting with the preposition At. Give a location where either of these albums were recorded, per their titles.
FOLSOM PRISON, SAN QUENTIN
60
What was the last name of the technician who pioneered the activity of adding everyday sound effects to film during post-production, while working for Universal Studios during the transition from the silent cinema era to sound?
FOLEY
61
Named for a small town in Indonesia, what term is used to designate a small variety or miniature strain of a conventional breed of poultry?
BANTAM
62
What avant-garde American writer's Paris home was a salon during the interwar period for prominent artists and writers, who were drawn in by her literary reputation (and also the cooking of Alice B. Toklas)?
Gertrude STEIN
63
The Rurikids were its country's first ruling dynasty, in power until the Time of Troubles in 1598. What was the name of this particular country's second (and final) dynasty, which ruled from 1613?
ROMANOV
64
Per its name, what type of activities was the committee formed by the U.S. House of Representatives in May 1938 created to investigate? The committee outlasted similar efforts in the Senate led by Joseph McCarthy, was renamed the Committee on Internal Security in 1969, and finally abolished in 1975.
UN-AMERICAN
65
The English biologist and anatomist Richard Owen is widely credited today for coining what term, a compound of two Greek words, in his review on British reptiles published in an 1841 issue of the Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science?
DINOSAUR
66
Numerous paintings with the title Ecce Homo depict a scene which itself is known as Ecce Homo (from the Gospel of John), and which always includes Jesus Christ. These scenes often include what other individual, to whom the phrase ecce homo is attributed?
PONTIUS PILATE
67
Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and Slayton are a set of names that are collectively most associated with what deity in the pantheon of Ancient Rome?
MERCURY
68
What landmark of northern South America is known in the indigenous Pemon language as Kerepakupai Merú (falls of the deepest place)?
ANGELS FALLS (SALTO FALLS)
69
Regarding the great scientific controversy of the early 18th century, the verdict is now generally held that differential calculus was discovered independently by what two men?
Gottfired Wilhelm LEIBNIZ, Isaac Newton
70
First published in 1975, the memoir collection by Primo Levi that consists of 21 stories, each named after (and inspired by) a chemical element, is fittingly titled what?
THE PERIODIC TABLE (IL SISTEMA PERIODICO)
71
26 of the 30 NBA franchises have names that are plural nouns (e.g., Raptors, Warriors, Bucks). Of the twelve franchises currently in the WNBA, there are five plural nouns. Identify any one of those five names.
ACES, LYNX, MYSTIC SPARKS, WINGS
72
A classic of TV's first Golden Age was an ambitious and influential comedy/variety show, led by Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, that was broadcast live for 90 minutes on Saturday nights from 1950 to 1954. What words fill in the blanks in its title here: Your _____ of _____?
SHOW, SHOWS
73
The modern definition of the term lesbian is etymologically rooted in the work of what poet, who lived on the island of Lesbos in the 6th century BCE?
SAPPHO
74
The US Air Force's Kelly Field, Lackland Air Force Base, and Randolph Air Force Base are all located in or near what city, which has a long and eventful history concerning military compounds?
SAN ANTONIO
75
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine, the Unknown Comic, Jamie Farr, and Jaye P. Morgan all frequently appeared on what reality competition (of sorts) TV series?
THE GONG SHOW
76
What is the scientific term for the shedding of leaves by deciduous plants during autumn, from the Latin for cut away? It's also used for the intentional shedding of a body part in animals and the separation of mitospores from a fungus.
ABSCISSION
77
Frederick C. Robie, a successful businessman who owned automobile and bicycle companies in the early 1900s and lived for a time in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, is remembered today almost exclusively for his association with what Prairie modernist?
Frank Lloyd WRIGHT
78
Brook, Sunapee, Dolly Varden, Lake, Cutthroat, Rainbow, and Golden are among the different types of what game fish?
TROUT
79
The sun goddess Amaterasu, ruler of Takamagahara, is the most important deity in what religion?
SHINTO
80
Queen agrees to prime minister's request to ________ parliament for critical five-week period. This subhead, taken from the front page of the August 29, 2019, edition of the British daily newspaper The Guardian, is missing what eight-letter word, a relatively obscure term that had a massive spike in interest and usage that week?
PROROUGE
81
Klaatu barada nikto, perhaps the most famous phrase ever uttered in an extra-terrestrial language in cinematic history, was the command that stopped the robot Gort from destroying the planet in what 1951 film (as well as in the loosely adapted 2008 remake)?
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
82
What word is used for a symbol placed on a music staff that indicates what pitch is represented by each line and space on the staff?
CLEF
83
In 1963, an Institute for Biological Studies opened in San Diego, California, largely through the efforts of what American virologist, after whom the institute is named?
Jonas SALK
84
Swan Song Records was a label begun in 1974 by what rock band, whose own swan song on Swan Song was 1982's Coda?
LED ZEPPELIN
85
The fruit of Actinidia deliciosa, of which Chinese gooseberry is a variety, has a common name that it shares with what flightless bird?
KIWI
86
The Story of My Life and Work (1900) and Up from Slavery (1901) are autobiographies by what Sage of Tuskegee?
Booker T. WASHINGTON
87
Bodyguard Race Bannon, a young Indian boy named Hadji, and a mini-bulldog named Bandit were traveling companions of the title character and his father on what cartoon adventure series?
Jonny QUEST
88
In most major league baseball games, there are four officials, all of whom are umpires. In NHL games, there are also four (on-ice) officials—two referees and two others known as what?
LINESMEN
89
A radio station in southern Alabama (Rock 100.5—The Rock of Dothan) has call letters that are (coincidentally) the first letters of the last names of the four presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore, viewed from left to right. What are that station's call letters?
WJRL
90
What comedy musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1962 with Zero Mostel in the leading role and was revived in 1996 with Nathan Lane, is based on the farcical plays of Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BCE–184 BCE)?
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
91
What is the English translation of the Greek word σπηλαιον, which provides the origin of the English word speleology?
CAVE
92
Guisewite is the last name of an award-winning cartoonist whose most famous comic strip's run ended in October 2010, after 34 years. What is this cartoonist's first name, which is also the name of the strip and the strip's main character?
CATHY
93
Via numerous Instagram posts, usually on Tuesdays, LeBron James has demonstrated an enthusiastic love for what food—going so far as to file a trademark request in August 2019 for a common phrase associated with the food?
TACOS
94
Name the fifth (and most recent) person that completes this list: Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow.
Greta GERWIG
95
Severe and sudden attacks of intense pain, redness, swelling, and extreme tenderness of the joint at the base of the big toe are common indicators of a complex but common type of arthritis caused by the formation of uric acid crystals in a joint. This specific condition is known as podagra, but is best known generally by what four-letter term?
GOUT
96
The Prime Minister of India who served from 1989 to 1990 and the PM who served from 2004 to 2014 share what last name (along with 35 million other fellow residents of India)?
SINGH
97
What band that formed in 1972 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 took its name from a thoroughfare in the Jersey Shore community of Belmar, the home of keyboardist David Sancious's mother?
THE E STREET BAND
98
Portable electronic machines known as AEDs are used to analyze and treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. They are an automated and external type of a device known as what?
DEFIBRILATOR
99
While various binders could be used, traditionally the painting medium known as tempera consisted primarily of pigments ground in water and mixed with what emulsifier?
EGG (YOLK)
100
The act in soccer of kicking, rolling, or otherwise propelling the ball between a defender's legs shares its name with what spice?
NUTMEG
101
The city of Porvoo, birthplace of Liverpool F.C. defender Sami Hyypiä and League of Legends pro jungler Lauri Cyanide Happonen, is perhaps best known for the 1809 Diet of Porvoo, which is regarded as marking the emergence of what country as a modern state?
FINLAND
102
Sergeant is the third and final word in the title of a 1958 British film that launched a series that ended with its 31st movie in 1992. What was the name of this franchise, and the first two words in that 1958 film (and every installment thereafter)?
CARRY ON
103
Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, St. Kilda, and Carlton are all professional teams with very long histories in a sport best known internationally by a three-word name. What is that name?
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
104
What is the scientific term used for any of two or more compounds that have the same molecular formula but differ in structure or other properties? Examples include methoxyethane and propanol, and glucose and fructose.
ISOMERS
105
A 1529 siege, a 1683 siege, an 1809 treaty, an 1814-15 congress, and a 1938 Award are among the significant events that occurred in what city?
VIENNA
106
What one-word neologism was the name given to the backing section of the band The Parliaments, formed by George Clinton, which would become an R&B hitmaker in its own right through the 1970s?
FUNKADELIC
107
When characters Holling Vincoeur and Shelly Tambo's daughter Miranda was born in early 1994, she became the 844th citizen of the town that provided the setting for what fictional television series?
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
108
The craggy cliffs of Cap de Creus in coastal Catalonia are near the childhood home of what artist, and appear in the background of one of his most famous paintings, from 1931? (Note, name the artist.)
Salvador DALI
109
A work of fiction must have at least two named women in it who talk to each other about something other than a man in order to pass a test named after what American cartoonist, who first introduced it in 1985?
Alison BECHDEL
110
While six individuals have been nominated for Academy Awards twice for the same role in different films (e.g., Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II), the widest spread between nominations—39 years —occurred in 2015. Identify either the actor or the character in this circumstance.
Sylvester STALLONE / Rocky BALBOA
111
There are three men regarded historically as the three unifiers of Japan during the Sengoku period. Name any one of the three (either given name or family name is acceptable).
ODA NOBUNAGA, TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI, TOKUGAWA IEYASU
112
Similar to Nachos Supreme—with the same ingredients but a larger portion—what is the name for the largest serving of nachos found on the regular menu at Taco Bell?
(NACHOS) BELLGRANDE
113
The Johor Causeway, spanning the Straits of Johor, connects the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru with what nation?
SINGAPORE
114
What Italian term, preceded in a two-word phrase by basso, is used in music to designate a bass part that is repeated throughout a section or composition while the upper parts change? The terms ground bass and division are often used synonymously.
OSTINATO
115
When she was elected in March 2017, Carrie Lam became the first woman to hold her position in its 20-year history. The position is as Chief Executive of what?
HONG KONG
116
A meteor that reaches the earth's surface and is not burned up by friction is a meteorite. What is the accompanying term for any meteor that could possibly, but has not yet, collided with the earth's atmosphere?
METEROID (also acc. ASTEROID)
117
Cum On Feel the Noize, Nothin' But a Good Time, and The Final Countdown are songs from what jukebox musical, a tribute to hair metal of the 1980s that is itself named after a 1983 song by Def Leppard?
ROCK OF AGES
118
Castellano rioplatense is a local name for a dialect spoken primarily in two countries. Name either of those two countries.
ARGENTINA, URUGUAY
119
Name any one of the three men who filled the television role that has been filled, since 2001, by Marilyn Milian.
Joseph WAPNER, Ed KOCH, Jerry SHEINDLIN
120
Identify the salad dressing and condiment, similar to Russian dressing, that is named after a geographical area that straddles a part of the international border between Ontario and New York.
THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING
121
Among the popular alliteratively named features to emerge from the Mack Sennett comedies of the 1910s were the Keystone Kops and what Beauties, among whose ranks were Phyllis Haver, Carole Lombard, and Marie Prevost?
BATHING (BEAUTIES)
122
Possibly the most notable military conflict in history named after an automaker was what War fought in 1987, during which Chadian forces used outfitted HiLuxes and Land Cruisers to mobilize troops and expel Libyan occupiers?
TOYOTA WAR
123
Cheetah, Puma, Leopard, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, High Sierra, and Catalina have, starting in 2001, been among names associated with what company?
APPLE COMPUTER
124
Give either the name or the three-letter abbreviation for the genetic disorder in which one's body lacks an enzyme needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
PHENYLETONURUA / PKU
125
Legalize It, Equal Rights, and Bush Doctor were the first three albums in the solo career of what reggae legend and original Wailer (with Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley), who was tragically murdered during a home burglary in 1987?
Peter TOSH
126
Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is a Duke whose title of nobility is named after what city (and likewise Elizabeth was Duchess of this until her accession to the throne in 1952)?
EDINBURGH
127
Ricky and David were the names of the child actors, and also the child characters, who appeared with their parents on what TV series that ran from 1952 to 1966 (after nearly ten successful years on the radio)?
THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET
128
According to the Russian Constitution, the Russian Federation consists of six types of federal subjects (constituent entities very roughly equivalent to states or provinces). Three types are republics, cities of federal importance, and autonomous okrugs. Name any one of the other three types.
KRAI, OBLAST, AUTONOMOUS OBLAST
129
A basic recipe for pesto consists at a minimum of basil, garlic, olive oil, parmesan cheese, and, most traditionally, what nuts? The original pesto alla genovese includes these nuts and the aforementioned ingredients plus pecorino and salt.
PINE NUTS
130
The musical instrument known as a shawm is a predecessor of what other instrument, which shares the shawm's basic form and mostly replaced the shawm by the end of the 17th century?
OBOE
131
A Secchi Disk, eight to twelve inches wide and plain white or divided into black and white quadrants, is an instrument used chiefly for measuring the clarity of what?
(SEA) WATER
132
What card game, probably the most popular named after two alcoholic drinks, is being played at the Hotel Fontainebleau in Miami Beach at the beginning of the film Goldfinger?
GIN RUMMY
133
My Friend Irma (1949), That's My Boy (1951), and Hollywood or Bust (1956) are among the films made during the hugely successful 10-year singing/clowning partnership of what two actors and entertainers?
Dean MARTIN, Jerry LEWIS
134
The city of Batavia, founded by the Dutch in 1619, was used as the capital of the Dutch East Indies and was known internationally by that name for over three centuries. Batavia corresponds mostly to what present-day capital city?
JAKARTA
135
A line from Langston Hughes's 1951 poem Harlem, regarding what happens to a dream deferred, provides the title for what acclaimed 1959 play—the first drama written by an African American woman or directed by any African American to be produced on Broadway?
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
136
Apart from the game's main playing pieces, a standard set for what game also typically includes sixteen wind disks, marked North, South, East, or West (four of each)?
MAH-JONGG
137
San Francisco bike messenger David Puck Rainey was the most notorious cast member of the third season—and perhaps any season—of what MTV series?
THE REAL WORLD
138
Marie Genevieve Van Goethem, a young girl who was studying at the Opéra in Paris, was the model for the only sculpture exhibited by what French artist during his lifetime, in 1881?
Edgar DEGAS
139
Chinese rhinoceros horn cups from around 1700, an archive of Boston baseball memorabilia from the 1870s, an 18th-century Qianlong jade collection from Qing Dynasty, and a mid-19th century Navajo Ute First Phase blanket are among the most valuable items ever to appear on what television series?
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
140
Of the four major tournaments in professional tennis (a.k.a. Grand Slam tournaments), name all of those which are currently played on hard court surfaces.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN, US OPEN
141
The potency of the longbow as a dominant weapon on the battlefields of Western Europe was established in August 1346 during what battle, a thorough and devastating victory for the English army led by King Edward III over King Philip VI's French forces?
BATTLE OF CRÉCY
142
After a three-year film absence, Tatum O'Neal received $350,000 and a percentage of the net profit—becoming the highest-paid child in film history—to play a reluctant tomboy in what 1976 comedy film?
THE BAD NEW BEARS
143
A Tony Award-winning play by Terrence McNally from the mid-1990s begins with the exclamation Love! Give either of the other two words in this play's title.
VALOUR, COMPASSION
144
Name either the Spanish conquistador who, in 1508, began colonization of Puerto Rico, or the city on the island's southern coast that is named after this explorer's namesake great-grandson.
Juan Ponce de LÉON, PONCE
145
What is the common term for the air currents that generally blow from east to west toward a low pressure zone at the equator, within a region between 30° north latitude and 30° south?
TRADE WINDS
146
While the official term was Governor-General, what term was used in common parlance for the representative of the British Crown (serving in place of the king) during the British Raj in India?
VICEROY
147
The title of the classic 8th-century Japanese poetry anthology Man'yōshū is often translated into English as the Collection of 10,000 what? The word in question is used in another, unrelated poetry collection from the 19th century. which translates to Japanese as Kusa no ha (草の葉).
LEAVES
148
Fire, Med, and P.D. complete the titles of currently running television series that all begin with what word?
CHICAGO
149
Bumble Bee, Guitar, Magic, Memphis, and Sunnyland are all first words of nicknames for various blues artists. What word finishes each nickname? The same word is the nickname of country artists with the last names of Whitman, Dusty, and Wilson.
SLIM
150
Until the US Constitution took effect in 1789, the body known as the Continental Congress was the political voice of the new nation via the authority bestowed in what document, in force as of March 1781 after ratification by all thirteen states?
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
